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Pain in upper abdomen

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Pain in the upper abdomen is a symptom in which a person has aches and pains in his tummy above the level of the belly button. This part of the tummy contains the liver, gall bladder, pancreas, stomach, spleen, intestines, etc

Dr. Keegan Duchicela reviewed this

16 year experience in family medicine

Is a type of:

Abdominal pain

How long it usually lasts:

Short-term (lasts days to weeks)

Body locations

Lower abdomen, Upper abdomen, Baby / fetus

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